Christian Brando dies at L.A. hospital

[NoGOPZone]

Source: AP via Yahoo! News

Christian Brando, the troubled eldest son of the late famed actor Marlon Brando, has died from pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital, an attorney said Saturday. He was 49.


Brando died Saturday morning at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, said David Seeley, an attorney representing Marlon Brando's estate


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080126/ap_en_ot/obit_brando

[ursi]

1. don't know much about him but Brando ...damn ...

[calimary]

2. Just a really tragic deal all around.

I had to cover some of that stuff years ago after he'd shot his sister's lover and wound up having to do time. Just a really tragic situation all around. His sister, Cheyenne, was pretty messed up. She's gone, too.

So sad. So pointless. Oh well, he's with his dad and sister and other family members now, at least, so we can take some comfort.

A very handsome and intelligent but extremely messed-up young man. Just so frickin' sad.

[xchrom]

3. Peace Be with his family. -- they say they come in threes.

i don't know if this is two or three.

[ChazII]

5. Heath, now Christian

maybe Brittney is next?

[sdfernando]

7. I count him as #3

1) Suzanne Pleashette (sp?)
2) Heath Ledger
3) Christian Brando

Sorry to hear about all of these....but especially Heath who was so young.

[janetblond]

8. I'm thinking Heath had pneumonia too!

Maybe he was so sick he couldn't sleep, so he took the pills to help.
Betcha he had pneumonia.

[xchrom]

9. you're right -- i had forgotten about suzanne. nt

[acmavm]

10. Don't forget Lois Nettleton!

[yorkiemommie1]

12. oh! i hadn't heard about her!

Another one of my favorites along with Suzanne Pleshette.

[xchrom]

13. another one i had forgotten -- all very sad.

[Bluebear]

18. And Allan Melvin

[melody]

19. Lois Nettleton was a big 70s TV actress :(

I hadn't heard about her either.

[rug]

21. And Abe Vigoda.

Oh, wait . . .

[melody]

22. Only on alt.showbiz.gossip

:)

[mtnester]

11. You forgot Sam the Butcher from Brady Bunch

I am calling a start up...he is now 1...2 to go

[Kokonoe]

14. What about that 107 yr old German WW1 guy

[Demit]

16. Funny, the obit page in my newspaper this morning was full of people who had died.

I'll bet yours was too.

[Myrina]

4. how sad ... what a difficult and confusing legacy he dealt with ...

:(

[Scairp]

6. What a waste his life was

It's very sad really, that he did nothing one could call positive or good his entire adult life. Not sure it was all his fault but still, it's always a tragedy when a person squanders their whole life and then dies at the young age of 49. I loved Brando and his work as much as anyone, but he really had the worst parenting skills I have ever heard of.

[Nevernose]

15. Chrisitian didn't "squander" his life

He was sick, and deserves more compassion.

I'll agree with you that Marlon might very well have deserved the "Shitty Parent of the Year" award.

[Scairp]

17. Sorry to disagree

But he surely did waste his life. What exactly did he do that can be pointed to as a contribution to society or humanity as a whole? As far as I can tell, he did nothing at all that was positive, as opposed to the negative of taking the life of a young man who was unlucky enough to have gotten involved with his equally troubled sister. Sure, from all that I had read he had just an appalling upbringing, all that came out during the scandal of the murder he committed, but plenty of people have had terrible childhoods and are able to rise above it as adults. Some may think it's harsh to say, but in my opinion his life was a complete and utter waste. At least he didn't leave any children behind who would have had the burden of living down such an awful legacy. In the end, that is the only thing he did do right.

[bitchkitty]

23. Just because he didn't do anything

to become famous for, or to be written about, doesn't mean that his life was a waste.

[melody]

20. He murdered one man and was implicated in the death of a woman

Sounds pretty squandered to me.